It is Monday morning and time again for another blog. I am a retired Senior Executive (GSA) and the author of a recently published book, Confessions of a Government Man: How to Succeed in Any Bureaucracy. Last week was good. My book had a nice Amazon review posted and my website had a spike inRead… Read more »
First off let me say that Boston was definitely a great city to end our GovUps tour in. All the cities rocked but Boston definitely brought the energy! We had tons of different people repping different places from all levels: federal (GSA people in Boston were a blast), State of Mass, YGL Boston and more.Read… Read more »
Does anyone know if the federal government (GSA or any of the executive agencies) are going to require that new video installations conform to HDCP?
Last night the GovUp New England tour rolled into NYC for its 11th stop. 65+ rockstars gathered at Los Feliz, three flights down below the city that never sleeps. We had a mix from New York State Senate, the City of New York, State Insurance, peeps from Columbia, Penn, and NYU, GSA, Bloomberg… Stephen Goldsmith,Read… Read more »
From The Acquisition Corner According to recent reporting by Federal Times on the state of federal information technology (IT) acquisition and program management, the Government is ill prepared to purchase and manage large scale IT programs due to poorly trained staff, and poor collaboration with industry. Certainly contributing factors, but the issues are much moreRead… Read more »
As the administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Karen G. Mills leads more than 2,000 full-time employees who are helping small-business owners and entrepreneurs secure financing, technical assistance, training and federal contracts. Prior to this role, Mills was an active hands-on investor in and successful manager of small businesses, including small manufacturing firms.Read… Read more »
I recorded two videos telling you about our upcoming training courses. If you are interested in top-notch capture and proposal training delivered in person by yours truly, check them out: Capture Management: There is a little over a week left (and only five spaces) for our brand new 2-day seminar, Capture Management: How to PrepareRead… Read more »
A few weeks back we posted on GovLoop about Lincoln Chafee an Independent candidate running for Rhode Island Governor and how he outlined GovLoop heavily in his Open Government Initiative for the state. Well last night just like any man with a good plan Chafee won the election for Rhode Island Governor. We are reallyRead… Read more »
Last night was the Philly GovUp. I lived in Philly for 2 years and love coming back. And I have to say the Philly GovUp was awesome. We could see the whole city from our venue and we had an amazing audience. 65+ folks showed up ranging from DLA, GSA,City of Philadelphia, OPM, Next AmericanRead… Read more »
If there is one organization you’re supposed to join in the contracts world, it’s the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). And yet, I didn’t feel compelled to renew my membership for a measly $125. (I thought it was $75 and I still didn’t feel it was worth the cost). To be fair, it’s the nationalRead… Read more »